This basic introduction to the study of television explores the visual and audio style of various television texts, their narrative and generic conventions, the practical implications of aesthetic choices, and the meanings and pleasures generated. Art and Language of Television reviews the historical roots of television content and technology, and traces the evolution of program types on broadcast and cable television.

This course is required for students majoring in the television track of the New Media Film, Television and Radio program and is a prerequisite for all production courses in the major or minor. It fulfills a visual and performing arts core requirement in history. Three credits.

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